About Lamin Village

Lamin is a mid sized village in Amlarem tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,508, made up of 734 males and 774 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lamin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lamin village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Amlarem
Pincode	793109
Population	1,508
Male Population	734
Female Population	774
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lamin compares

By the 2011 count Lamin is the 6th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 462 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Lamin

Lamin is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lamin as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lamin from other places

Lamin lies about 38 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is শাহবাজপুর, about 50 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Lamin
Tehsil headquarters	Amlarem	12 km
Nearest town	Jowai	30 km
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	38 km
Nearest railway station	শাহবাজপুর	50 km

Villages closest to Lamin

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amlarem tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Lamin

As per the Census of India 2011, Lamin village had a population of 1,508. That makes it the 6th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 462 residents.

Lamin village has 734 males and 774 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lamin has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Lamin is 793109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lamin falls under Amlarem tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Lamin is শাহবাজপুর, about 50 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Lamin.

Lamin is about 38 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lamin is in Amlarem tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Amlarem is about 12 km away. Jowai is about 30 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.